The Neptunes—which is how the duo chose to identify thanks to their affinity for Star Trek—were the hottest in the game, and besides a few Pharrell choruses and music video appearances, they were still keeping that magic relatively concealed behind-the-scenes in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s. New Music: N.E.R.D. f/ Nelly Furtado – 'Hot-n-Fun' [Full]". Rap-Up. April 24, 2010 . Retrieved April 25, 2010. Martens, Todd (2002-03-21). " 'O Brother' Still Finds Itself On Top". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009 . Retrieved 2009-04-05. a b "Like the song? These guys wrote it". The Age. Fairfax Media. 2004-05-15 . Retrieved 2009-02-06.

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This kind of genre-hopping and fusing of styles is now par for the course in both hip-hop, pop and dance music and as usual, Williams was ahead of his time. Shipley, Al (December 19, 2017). "N.E.R.D are weighed down by their famous friends on No_One Ever Really Dies". Fact . Retrieved December 20, 2017. The band recorded its second album, Fly or Die, in 2003. They learned to play the songs live, as Chad Hugo told MTV News on December 9, 2003: "We're the ones playing the instruments live this time. I just started playing guitar last year so I'm learning as we go. Pharrell's playing drums. [Last time] we didn't have time to learn certain instruments so we got Spymob to help us out." [19]

Berry, Peter A. (December 15, 2017). "N.E.R.D Return With 'No One Ever Really Dies' Album". XXL . Retrieved December 20, 2017. Executive Producers: The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) for Star Trak Entertainment & RobEdwards, Gavin (2002-06-21). "In Search of... Pharrell Williams". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on January 6, 2007 . Retrieved 2009-04-05. Power 106 Los Angeles (May 9, 2013). "Tyler, The Creator on Pharrell and the first time he heard N.E.R.D." YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14 . Retrieved May 10, 2020. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) Spymob is: John Ostby - piano, vocals Brent Paschke - guitar Christian Twigg - bass Eric Fawcett - drums, vocals That original version (dubbed the “electronic version”) was already seven months old this week in 2002, when Hugo and Pharrell Williams, who made up the legendary production duo The Neptunes, joined forces with childhood friend Shae Haley to finally release their debut album in the U.S. via their own Star Trak Entertainment and Virgin Records. The updated March 11 release was as defiant as it gets from a pair of guys who were known at the time for producing some of the most interstellar hip-hop and pop hits on airwaves. appreciate any advice or thoughts on the whole brand new records with chunks of the sides chipped away (randomly in small areas but not all over)? thx everyone!!